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It's Christmas time and that means gingersnap cookies to me! Use whatever spices you love in these crispy cookies with a chewy center. Merry Christmas. Dry ingredients: 2 cups all purpose flour 1 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp dried ground cinnamon 1/8 tsp allspice 1/8 tsp ground dried cardamom (optional) 1/8 tsp ground dried coriander (optional) 1/4 tsp salt Wet ingredients Step 1: 6 Tbsp room-temperature softened butter 1/2 cup white sugar 1/2 cup dark brown sugar Step 2: 2 tsp fresh ginger, minced finely using a microplane 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla extract 2 Tbsp un-sulphured molasses Topping: 1/4 cup Turbinado granular sugar, or brown sugar, or whatever you have Preheat oven to 350F. Line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper. Whisk (or sift) dry ingredients together in a separate bowl. Using an electric mixer, whip together step 1 of the wet ingredients in their own separate bowl.   Add ingredients for step 2 and whip together to a glossy consistency. Now add half the wet ingredients into t...

These are classics.  Full of maple goodness and crunchy walnuts.  The kids love 'em! Dry ingredients: 4 cups all purpose flour   2 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 1 cup walnut pieces, finely diced 2 sticks butter, softened   1 cup packed brown sugar 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla extract   Preheat oven to 400F. Whisk together the dry ingredients in a bowl. Blend softened butter in a mixture.   Add the sugar and mix well.   Add the egg and vanilla and mix well. Stir in the walnuts and then the dry ingredients just until mixed. Shape to ping pong ball size and separate in cookie sheet by 2 inch.  Press down with tines of a fork. Bake about 12 minutes. Let cool on a rack.    Makes about 20-24 cookies. ...a great midnight snack!